Doing Journalism with Data: First Steps, Skills and Tools

The business case for data journalism

Instructor: Paul Bradshaw, Steve Doig, Simon Rogers, Nicolas Kayser-Bril, Alberto Cairo

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Course introduction: meet the instructors

Course introduction: meet the instructors
Data journalism in the newsroom

Module introduction

What is data journalism?

Inside a data team

How to turn numbers into stories

The business case for data journalism
Finding data to support stories

Module introduction

Setting up ‘data newswires’

Strategic searching - tips and tricks

Introduction to scraping

Data laws and sources
Finding story ideas with data analysis

Module introduction

Newsroom math and statistics

Sorting and filtering data in Excel

Making new variables with functions

Summarizing data with pivot tables
Dealing with messy data

Module introduction

Optional: OpenRefine tutorial

Correct bad formatting

Misspellings

Invalid values and duplicates

Advanced cleaning techniques
Telling stories with visualisation

Module introduction

The main principles of datavisualisation

Choosing the best graphic forms

The art of insight

Bonus: Hands-on with Adobe Illustrator

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